Upcoming Events as of April 15

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Apr 16, 2019 at 10:30 AM

The Upcoming Events list is a public service of the Times-News. To submit an event, email the Sports Department at sports@timesnews.net, fax listing information to (423) 392-1385 or contact the Sports Department after 6 p.m. at (423) 392-1323 or 1-800-251-0328, ext. 4323. Submissions must be received at least one week prior to the event and include sport, dates, deadlines, location and contact information.

Baseball

AMERICAN LEGION

• KINGSPORT HAMMOND POST 3 is looking for players for the 2019 American Legion spring/summer season. Players would be 2020-23 high school graduates from East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, and the team will play locally only with no overnight travel involved. Contact Kevin Rasnick at (423) 335-9005 or kevin.rasnick@gmail.com.

SIGNUPS

• EASTMAN SUMMER YOUTH Baseball/Softball signup deadline is May 18. Registration forms are available from the Toy F. Reid Employee Center or online at EastmanRecreationClub.com. League play begins Tuesday, May 28. For more information, call (423) 229-3771.

YOUTH COMPETITIONS

• MLB PITCH, HIT & RUN competition, hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Johnson City/Washington County, will be held May 5 at 2 p.m. Free and open to boys and girls ages 7-14, the event features four age groups: 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14. Participants have the chance to advance through four levels of competition, including Team Championships at major league ballparks and the national finals during the 2019 MLB All-Star week. Register online at pitchhitrun.leagueapps.com/events/1034575. For more information, visit PitchHitRun.com or contact Tim Morgan at sports@gokidz.org.

Basketball

CAMPS

• GEORGE PITTS BASKETBALL Camps are coming up at King. They are: high school girls team camp (May 30-June 1), high school boys team camp (June 3-8), middle school boys team camp (June 7-8), fundamentals and shooting individual camp for boys ages 7-17 (June 10-13) and position camp for boys ages 7-17 (July 15-18). Visit tornadobasketballcamps.com, email gspitts@king.edu or call (423) 652-4781.

• VIRGINIA-WISE MEN’S BASKETBALL summer camps will be held in June and August. The team camp is June 14-16, the Individual Camp is June 17-21 and the Elite Camp is Aug. 3-4. Go online at uvawisebasketballcamps.com for more information.

LEAGUES

• 21st SHOOTING STARS SUMMER Basketball League signups run April 10-June 30. The league, for boys and girls grades 3-12, begins play July 8 at Science Hill in Johnson City. There is a 12-game season plus a tournament. Entry fee is $250. Call (423) 341-0133 or email ebarbaau@aol.com for information or to register.

Boating

CLASSES

• TWRA TENNESSEE SAFE BOATING Course, a two-night class offered by the Tri-Cities Boating Club, will be held Tuesday, April 23 and Thursday, April 25, from 5:30-8 p.m. each night, at the Northeast State Humanities Building, Room H-148. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency exam for a Tennessee Boat Operators Permit will be given at the conclusion of Thursday’s class. Individuals passing the test will be issued a Boating Safety Education Certificate, which is required for all boat and personal watercraft operators born after Jan. 1, 1989. The class is free to the public, but to take the exam and get a Boat Operator Permit, you must purchase ahead of time and bring with you TWRA’s Type 600 Boating Safety Exam Permit. Exam permits may be purchased for $10 at any TWRA hunting/fishing license vendor. The course covers: Your Boat; Getting Underway; Operating Your Boat Safely; Legal Requirements of Boating; Boating Emergencies – What To Do; and Enjoying Water Sports With Your Boat. Contents are approved by TWRA, NASBLA and recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard. For more information, call Clarke Lucas at (423) 538-4643.

Fishing

• ANNUAL KIDS FISHING DAY, for kids 12-under, will be held Saturday, April 27, from noon-3 p.m., at Natural Tunnel State Park, 1420 Natural Tunnel Pkwy., Duffield. Registration will start at 10 a.m. Please bring your own fishing tackle. Visit the Natural Tunnel State Park Facebook page to learn more about events at the park.

Golf

LESSONS

• LONESOME PINE COUNTRY CLUB is offering golf lessons for children ages 8-12. Chris Stacy and David Harvey will hold a five-series get-golf-ready lesson package for $75. The package is available to young golfers of all abilities but focused toward novice and beginning juniors. Call (276) 523-0739 for more information.

TOURNAMENTS

• TUSCULUM FOOTBALL fundraising golf tournament will be held Friday, April 19, beginning at 1 p.m., at Link Hills Country Club in Greeneville. The cost is $50 per person or $200 per four-person teams for the captain’s choice event. Tournament application forms are available at the Tusculum Athletic Department in Rankin Hall on the Greeneville campus. For more information, contact Coach Odom at (423) 636-7459 or email at jodom@tusculum.edu.

• MCCARTY CEMETERY BENEFIT tournament will be held April 20 at Pine Oaks Golf Course in Johnson City. Entry fee for the four-man select-shot event is $200 per team. Proceeds go toward maintenance of the historic cemetery. Call Tim Reece at (423) 926-7720 or (423) 767-4531 or Bill Widner at (423) 946-3366.

• BILL WEBSTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, with boys and girls divisions for high school and middle school golfers, is set for May 18-19 at Glenrochie Country Club in Abingdon. Limited to first 30 boys and 30 girls in each, the event features a strike-play format with 18 holes for middle school and 36 for high school Entry fee is $120 for high-school age golfers and $60 for middle school. Call (276) 628-3572.

• BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS East Tennessee Golf Classic, presented by Edfinancial Services and Regal Entertainment Group, will be held Friday, June 21 at Avalon Golf and Country Club in Lenoir City. All funds from the tournament go to BBBS-ETN. Register at BBBSGolfClassic.com by 1 p.m., Monday, April 15, and you’ll be entered to win two passes to the 16th Hole Hospitality Suite at the 2019 Knoxville Open. For more on BBBS-ETN fundraising events, go online at TennesseeBig.org/events.

Running

FUNDRAISERS

• THE DEVILS DASH 5K, a fundraiser for the Gate City Big Blue Booster Club, will be held Saturday, April 20, beginning at 9 a.m., in downtown Gate City. Age groups offered are 10-under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70-up. Entry fee is $25. Register online at runsignup.com (search Devils Dash 5K), email gatecityboosterclub@gmail.com to have a registration form mailed, or pick up a registration form in the GCHS office.

• 20th ST. JUDE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Nashville “Bringing the Fun to the Run” will be held April 25-28. The annual event — previously know as the Country Music Marathon — includes a 5K, wheelchair race, marathon, half-marathon, 1-mile fun run, doggie dash plus much more. To learn more about the fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, go online at RunRocknRoll.com/Nashville.

• 11th AMAZINGRACE 5K and Mile Races, presented by First Baptist Church — Kingsport, will be held on Sunday, May 5, in downtown Kingsport, with the start and finish lines near the FBC campus on Church Circle. Proceeds from the race will benefit the Providence Medical Clinic. The certified-course 1-mile race will begin at 5:15 p.m. and the certified-course 5K will begin at 6 p.m. Professional race management and timing services will be provided by We Run Events. For more information, contact Allison Burns at abrunnergirl@yahoo.com or go online at fbcamazingrace5k.com.

• GIRLS ON THE RUN SPRING 5K is set for Saturday, May 11, beginning at 9 a.m. at South Side Elementary School in Johnson City. The noncompetitive fun run will follow a course that winds through the Tree Streets neighborhood and caps the Girls on the Run program. This spring’s event will feature “color splash,” with colored powder tossed on runners at points along the course. All proceeds from the 5K will be used to help fund the GOTR organization and volunteers are welcome. To register online, go online gotrnetn.org. For more information on volunteering or GOTR, email Jessica Thomas at jessica.thomas@girlsontherun.org.

RACES

• AMIS MILL 10K, part of the Skelton Law Racing Series, will be held Saturday, May 11, beginning at 8 a.m., at Amis Mill Eatery in Rogersville. The event is a SFTC King & Queen Competition and the RRCA Tennessee State 10K Championship. Contact Race Director Mark Skelton at (423) 272-4812 or via email at markskelton@markskelton.com for more information.

• WOLF RUN, a 7-mile trail race and part of the Skelton Law Racing Series, will be held Tuesday, July 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport. The race is a Fun Fest event as well as a SFTC Trail Series Competition and a SFTC King & Queen Competition. Contact Race Director Mark Skelton at (423) 272-4812 or via email at markskelton@markskelton.com for more information.

• BAYS MOUNTAIN TRAIL RACE, a 15-miler and part of the Skelton Law Racing Series, will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, beginning at 8 a.m., at Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport. The event is part of the SFTC Long Distance Series, a SFTC Trail Series Competition and a SFTC King & Queen Competition. Contact Race Director Mark Skelton at (423) 272-4812 or via email at markskelton@markskelton.com for more information.

• PHIPPS BEND RIVER RUN, a 10-mile trail race and part of the Skelton Law Racing Series, will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, beginning at 8 a.m., at Phipps Bend in Surgoinsville. The event is part of the SFTC Long Distance Series, a SFTC Trail Series Competition and a SFTC King & Queen Competition. Contact Race Director Mark Skelton at (423) 272-4812 or via email at markskelton@markskelton.com for more information.

Soccer

CAMPS

• MILLIGAN MEN’S SOCCER Summer Day Camps, for boys and girls ages 6-14, will be held June 3-6 and July 8-11, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on the Milligan campus. Fee is $165 per week. Registration forms are available online at milliganbuffs.com, and checks can be made payable to Milligan Soccer, P.O. Box 500, Milligan College, TN 37682. Call the men’s soccer at (423) 461-8469 or email coach Kyle Findlay at kpfindlay@milligan.edu to learn more.

• ETSU BUCS SOCCER ACADEMY camps for male soccer players are coming up this summer at Summers Taylor Soccer Complex. The half-day (ages 5-14, 8:45 a.m.-noon; cost: $145) and full-day camps (ages 7-14, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.; cost: $220) are set for June 10-13 and the Elite Residential Camp is set for July 17-20 (ages 12-up; cost: $375 for commuters and $475 for residential). For more information, go online at bucssocceracademy.com or contact Josh Scott at scottja3@etsu.edu or call (423) 439-8437.

Softball

SIGNUPS

• EASTMAN SUMMER YOUTH Baseball/Softball signup deadline is May 18. Registration forms are available from the Toy F. Reid Employee Center or online at EastmanRecreationClub.com. League play begins Tuesday, May 28. For more information, call (423) 229-3771.

• MOUNTAIN EMPIRE TENNIS Association has several ways to get involved in tennis this spring and summer. Among the META offerings: Tennis on Tap at Metro Park in Johnson City, May 2-30, 7-8:30 p.m., at Ida Stone Jones Center in Bristol, Tenn., June 6-27, 7-8:30 p.m., at Borden Park in Kingsport, July 3-25, 7-8:30 p.m. and at Liberty Bell in Johnson City, Aug. 1-29, 7-10 p.m.; Memorial Day Mixer, Borden Park in Kingsport, May 27, 9 a.m.-noon; Fourth of July Mixer at Ida Stone Jones Center in Bristol, Tenn., July 4, 9 a.m.-noon; Labor Day Mixer at Liberty Bell in Johnson City, Sept. 2, 9 a.m.-noon; and META Social Tennis in June, July and August. For more information about META, email tennisxfun@gmail.com

TOURNAMENTS

• FUN FEST FAST4 TOURNAMENT, a Mountain Empire Tennis Association event, will be held July 19 at Borden Park in Kingsport. For more information, email tennisxfun@gmail.com.

• VIRGINIA-WISE VOLLEYBALL has set its summer camps at the Prior Convocation Center on the college’s campus. The first Skills Camp, for eighth-graders and above, will be held July 15-17, from 9 a.m.-noon. The second Skills Camp, for seventh-graders and below, will be held July 15-17, from 1-4 p.m. The registration fee for both is $75. The Elite Camp, for high school players in ninth through 12th grade who plan to compete at the collegiate level, is set for July 19, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The registration fee is $50. Go online at uvawisecavs.com and click the Camps tab for more information or to register. Contact Kristen Salyer at khs2s@uvawise.edu or (276) 376-3423.